Language fallback for Non-Shared fields are not working with Glass mapper and Sitecore 9?

Question

I have a site configured with an item and field language fallback. We are using glassmapper as an ORM. We have used VersionCountDisabler in the code and global.asax level.

Settings:

• enableItemLanguageFallback="true"
• enableFieldLanguageFallback="true"
• enforceVersionPresence="true"

In the Content editor, it shows fallback version with all the values from the fallback item.

However, it is returning an empty value for the non-shared fields. Any help will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Finally I fixed it by following the below steps:

1. Enable language settings at site level in config file under configuration as below:

   <site
   name="custom-portal"
   hostName="portal"
   virtualFolder="/"
   physicalFolder="/"
   rootPath="/sitecore/content/portal"
   startItem="/home"
   database="web"
   domain="extranet"
   allowDebug="true"
   cacheHtml="true"
   htmlCacheSize="10MB"
   registryCacheSize="0"
   viewStateCacheSize="0"
   xslCacheSize="5MB"
   filteredItemsCacheSize="2MB"
   enablePreview="true"
   enableWebEdit="true"
   enableDebugger="true"
   disableClientData="false"
   notFoundItem="/Error-404"
   patch:before="site[@name='website']"
   dictionaryDomain="PortalDictionary"
   
   enableItemLanguageFallback="true"
   enableFieldLanguageFallback="true"
   enforceVersionPresence="true"
   />
   

2. Enable language fall-back setting at language level under Sitecore->System->Languages in Sitecore

3. Enable language fall-back setting at template level. Then only glassmapper will read the non-shared fields.

4. Add VersionCountDisabler in global.ascx.cs, which is required by the glassmapper and this is the most important step.